Tribune Obituaries

David L. Finn, 74, of Greeley died Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado inpatient unit in Greeley.

He was born Oct. 11, 1931, in Springfield, Ill., to James Harlan and Ona Evelyn (Bullock) Finn.

On Sept. 21, 1951, he married Joan Gibbins in Springfield.

Mr. Finn graduated from New Berlin (Ill.) High School. He was a Chicago Cubs baseball fan and a Notre Dame football fan. In the Army from 1948-62, he served in the Korean War and achieved the rank of sergeant first class before his honorable discharge. He worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and retired in 1995.

Mr. Finn and his family have lived in the Greeley/Evans area for many years. He and his wife were very close and loved spending time with his family. He was a very happy man. He loved fishing, traveling by car, gaming at Black Hawk and his wife’s fried chicken.

Survivors are his wife, Joan Finn of Greeley; a daughter, Theresa Smith and husband Chris of Greeley; two sons, David Finn and wife Sherri of Evans and Dennis “Mike” Finn of Greeley; a sister, Betty Singleton of Lincoln, Ill.; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Three brothers and four sisters preceded him in death.

Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Stoddard Funeral Home. Inurnment will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver.

Donations may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado Inc. in care of Stoddard Funeral Home, 3205 28th St., Greeley, CO 80634. An online memorial is at http://www.mem.com.